Pleas were entered last month by two more defendants in the Thaxton shooting case of a Bedford County man that occurred in January 2008.

Deepraj Islam Khan and Amanda Lynn Campbell both entered pleas in July, following the April Alford pleas of Sandra Faye Campbell, 48, who will spend six years in prison for her participation in the shooting. Sandra Campbell, of Thaxton, was sentenced to 16 years, with 10 years suspended, for her convictions on malicious wounding and use of a firearm in commission of a felony charges.

A federal grant of $78,232 for Bedford Domestic Violence Services became the subject of debate at Monday night’s Bedford County Board of Supervisors meeting. The money comes from the federal stimulus program.

The request to accept the grant was originally on the consent agenda, which is adopted as a whole. Supervisors, however, can pull items from the consent agenda and ask that they be discussed separately as an action item. District 5 Supervisor Steve Arrington asked that of this item.

While Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello is touting his support for the American Clean Energy and Security Act, also known as the cap-and-trade bill, as an opportunity for area farmers to help create alternative energy, some aren’t buying it.